000 CXUS52 KTBW 011056 CLMFMY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 555 AM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE FORT MYERS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... ...13TH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 1902... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1902 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD HIGH 95 10/08/2009 10/04/1990 10/01/1986 LOW 45 10/28/1957 OCTOBER 2009 HIGHEST 95R 10/08 MM MM 90 10/12 10/07 10/06 LOWEST 50 10/19 MM MM 47 10/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.4 86.3 2.1 84.1 AVG. MINIMUM 69.4 68.6 0.8 67.5 MEAN 78.9 77.5 1.4 75.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 14 5.8 8.2 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD MAXIMUM 12.04 1959 MINIMUM 0.05 1963 OCTOBER 2009 TOTALS 2.77 2.59 0.18 3.43 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.08 0.01 0.11 DAYS >= .01 7 6.7 0.3 11 DAYS >= .10 2 MM MM 7 DAYS >= .50 2 MM MM 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.15 10/16 TO 10/17 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4 1 3 13 SINCE 7/1 4 1 3 13 COOLING TOTAL 441 394 47 356 SINCE 1/1 3793 3613 180 3831 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/270 DATE 10/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/270 DATE 10/16 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 ................................................................ REMARKS THE OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.9 DEGREES RANKS AS THE 13TH WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1902. THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.7 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1985. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$